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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-868)
Letter from New York. Kan has received word that Frank Lloyd Wright has an apprenticeship opening and would like to interview him, so he is planning to travel to Wisconsin for the interview. He has some guilt about leaving Myaida's Garden Clinic so soon when they are clearly benefiting from his business savvy. Also shares anecdotes …

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-863)
Letter from New York City. Mostly anecdotes about spending time with his co-workers in their time off in the city, going to bookstores and the library and seeing shows. Anecdotes about his boss at the New York World's Fair job, landscape architect Shogo Myaida. Taking and printing pictures from the worksite. In pencil on back of …

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-857)
Letter from New York. Mostly discusses relations with Kan's employer (landscape architect Shogo Myaida) on the gardening job he's doing for the World's Fair. Feels extorted by his boss (landscape architect Nagao Sakurai). Frustrated that Sakurai also wants him to act as a Japanese interpreter; struggles because his Japanese isn't very good. Gives a detailed account …

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-870)
Letter from New York. Kan shares an anecdote about a couple getting stuck suspended in the parachute jump concession at the World's Fair. On arguing to get paid fairly for his work after completion of a rock garden project. Taking care of last things in New York before leaving on his trip to interview with Frank …

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-862)
Letter from New York City. On his interactions with the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project, Nagao Sakurai. On working with Japanese gardeners on the project and what everyone eats for lunch. On the weather. Kan reflects on what he's learning from his work and declares, "One thing that I have found out and …

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Westchester Spotlight on Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-849)
Three-page profile of Kan featured in issue 29 of Westchester Spotlight, April 1983. Includes information about the Domoto family and his work history, with a focus on Frank Lloyd Wright and the Usonia homes. Also includes reflections on his experience on camp, on not speaking out against the injustice at the time, and on his subsequent …

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-867)
Letter from New York. Kan is now working for landscape architect Shogo Myaida's business, "the Garden Clinic." Working on a project for Japan Day, and sold a bonsai project idea to the designer, Kudzumi. Discusses the confidence required to go out seeking jobs and selling project ideas, which he observes that he seems better at than …

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-864)
Letter from New York. Kan talks about his impressions of the skill of the two landscape architects he's working for" Shogo Myaida, his immediate boss on the World's Fair job, and Nagao Sakurai, the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project. He is weighing whether to go to school for architecture and is leaning towards …

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-869)
Letter from New York. Kan reports conversations with a client about arranging a rock garden, in which he wants it to be "200% perfect." He is planning for his trip to Taliesin to interview with Frank Lloyd Wright. Activities in New York" visit to "the Bronx park" (possibly New York Botanical Garden) and seeing shows on …

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-881)
Letter from Taliesin. Wak has said he should have finished his architectural studies at the university first before going to Taliesin and he agree. He thinks he would like to work for a contractor instead of going back to school or staying for a long time at Taliesin. "Somehow I want to live my own life. …

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to his sisters (ddr-densho-329-858)
Letter from New York in which Kan further describes the manners of the landscape architect running his current job at the World's Fair, Nagao Sakurai, and his immediate boss, Shogo Myaida. He writes about what he's eating, where he's going, and what he's doing in New York City. Says he doesn't meet many people who seem …

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-860)
Letter from New York. Kan writes about his evening routine, what he's eating, and his relationship with his supervisor on the World's Fair garden, landscape architect Shogo Myaida, whom he hopes will hire him on a potential new garden project on the fair grounds, and the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project, Nagao Sakurai. …

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Garden Tour a Success! (ddr-densho-329-850)
July, 1988 issue of "The New York Scene," newsletter of the New York chapter of JACL. Includes an update on a garden tour event showcasing six gardens by Kan Domoto in the Westchester area. The event raised $9,000 for the JACL New York Chapter scholarship awards, which are also covered in the newsletter in a separate …

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Kaneji Domoto CV (ddr-densho-329-848)
Curriculum vitae of Kaneji Domoto. Contains: office address, education, apprenticeships, and work experience; partial lists of landscaping projects (residential, parks, commercial, colleges) and architecture projects (commercial, residential); statement on his landscape design approach, with notes on the advantages of using stones and water features versus plants, from design and maintenance perspectives. Statement on his approach to …

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Kaneji Domoto, Creator of Dream Gardens of Water and Stone (ddr-densho-329-851)
Clipping from the "New Men's News" column of the Westchester Women's News featuring a profile of Kan Domoto. Article reviews his local and more far-flung work, touches on his involvement with the redress and reparations movement, and mentions a May 14 tour of six of his local gardens. Features four photographs, including one portrait of Kan …

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-880)
Letter from Taliesin. On sewing a Halloween costume for a party with the fellows, along with sketches of how he made a Japanese Haori out of a blanket; goings on at Taliesin both social and professional. Buckminster Fuller comes to speak to the fellows.

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-859)
Letter from New York. Kan thanks Wak for a package, talks about visiting some of the New York City tourist sites and seeing movies. Wanted to get a meal in Chinatown but sensed anti-Japanese sentiment. Continues to discuss relationship between his immediate boss on the New York World's Fair garden, landscape architect Shogo Myaida, and the …

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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-866)
Letter from New York. Since finishing the New York World's Fair job Kan has moved out to Albertson, N. Y. He is working for his recent boss at the fair, landscape architect Shogo Myaida. Season changing to spring. He has visited Frank Lloyd Wright's 1937 Rebhuhn House in Long Island and includes detailed impressions.

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Kubota Gardens: Is it being uprooted? (ddr-densho-329-855)
Clipping from Seattle paper Beacon Hill News describing Kan Domoto's visit to the local Kubota Gardens and his advocacy for the garden's preservation. Next to the article is the headline "Hirabayashi conviction overturned" with accompanying article. Written on the back is a note from Kan to Kris Domoto, "Dear Kris: This is what I'm up on …

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Japanese Garden Grand Opening in Jackson Park (ddr-densho-329-852)
Flyer advertising the opening of the Japanese Garden and Ho-o Den Palace at Jackson Park, Chicago, originally built for the 1893 World Columbian Exposition and reconstructed by Kaneji Domoto in 1981. Flyer includes an overview of Japanese gardens and the history of the garden at Jackson Park, as well as a program of events and list …

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Art of Bonzai To Be Theme Of Talk By Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-377-1664)
Newspaper clipping about Kaneji Domoto's "Art Of Bonzai" demonstration at The Manor Club on February 2, 1960, published four days prior to the event in The Pelham Sun.

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Gardens with flags (ddr-densho-377-1730)
Flower garden with what appear to be French, Irish and German flags in the background.

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Flower bed and porch (ddr-densho-377-1823)
Picture of flower beds. In the background, a small group of people stands on a house's porch.